Sep 17, 2023
Mobile OSs are wire-hostile

On my Android web browser, I can download a .love file and open it.

After downloading the file, I can open it in my file browser.

I can copy the file into Android using the USB port -- but I CANNOT open it there. Identical bits in storage.

And mobile browsers don't understand file:// So I need the internet to transfer data between two devices right next to me -- even WHEN I have the right wire.

Local-first?! I'd settle for local-somehow-anyhow.

This post is part of my Freewheeling Apps Devlog.

Comments gratefully appreciated. Please send them to me by any method of your choice and I'll include them here.

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